Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont

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Jerónimo de Ayanz y Beaumont (* Guendulain (Navarre) 1553- † Madrid 23 March 1613). Spanish soldier, painter, musician and an inventor. His best known invention is his design of a steam powered water pump (patented in 1606), for use in mines.


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  • García Tapia, N. y Carrillo Castillo, J. Tecnología e Imperio. Ed. Nivola, Madrid 2002, p 144
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